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What runway is Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA/KXNA) using right now?

Northwest Arkansas National Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 16L. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 05:13 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 16LDep 16L

Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA/KXNA) is using landing and departure 16L right now. The badge is the confidence: D-ATIS when the tape names the runway, otherwise the NOAA METAR wind vector scored against every threshold.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1023 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 05:00

METAR KXNA 270953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/08 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01170083

FAA D-ATIS text is not available for this airport right now. The runway call follows the NOAA METAR wind vector.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at KXNA

Every runway threshold at KXNA. Headwind is on the nose. Tailwind is the same component when the wind is on the tail. Positive crosswind in the source math is from the right.

ThresholdTrue hdgLengthHeadwindTailwindCrosswindFromRole
16L160°8,801 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
34R340°8,801 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA/KXNA) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 05:00 local, Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA/KXNA) is using landing and departure 16L. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Northwest Arkansas National Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 16L shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KXNA or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/KXNA#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Northwest Arkansas National Airport?

Aircraft land and depart into the wind. Headwind is the part of the wind along the runway heading. Crosswind is the part blowing across the pavement. A negative headwind is a tailwind. At Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA/KXNA) the live call is landing and departure 16L with METAR wind CALM. 16L shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Controllers switch runways when the opposite threshold offers more headwind, or when the crosswind on the runway in use climbs. The component table lists every KXNA threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.